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Scotrail fars freeze melts away

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From: rol...@perry.uk (Roland Perry)
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Subject: Scotrail fars freeze melts away
Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2023 06:30:40 +0100
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by: Roland Perry - Mon, 3 Jul 2023 05:30 UTC

Fair(hoho) enough. And of course still massively subsidised compared to
most of England - the exception being TPE/Northern whose passengers
never fail to moan about getting a poor service for the systemically low
fares they pay.

<https://news.stv.tv/scotland/scotrail-travellers-to-be-hit-with-steep-f
are-increase-from-monday>

But I was surprised to read this sting in the tail (genuinely thought it
had been done already):

"Work continues to deliver a ScotRail peak fares removal pilot from
October this year"
--
Roland Perry

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by: Certes - Mon, 3 Jul 2023 09:12 UTC

On 03/07/2023 06:30, Roland Perry wrote:
> Fair(hoho) enough. And of course still massively subsidised compared to
> most of England - the exception being TPE/Northern whose passengers
> never fail to moan about getting a poor service for the systemically low
> fares they pay.
>
> <https://news.stv.tv/scotland/scotrail-travellers-to-be-hit-with-steep-f
> are-increase-from-monday>
>
> But I was surprised to read this sting in the tail (genuinely thought it
> had been done already):
>
> "Work continues to deliver a ScotRail peak fares removal pilot from
> October this year"

The good news has been announced time and time again, e.g.
<https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-63998198>

I feel better about world problems now!

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Subject	Author
Scotrail fars freeze melts away	Roland Perry
Scotrail fars freeze melts away	Certes